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PROF MEGAN RICHARDSON



Contact Details

Organization: Law
Position: PROFESSOR
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Homepage: http://www.law.unimelb.edu.au/staff/Megan%20Richardson
Work: +61 3 834 46185
Fax: +61 3 9347 2392
Room: 0933
Level: 09
Building: Law Building
Campus: Parkville

Research Expertise and International Linkages

Research Expertise

Research Interest Key Words Country of Expertise
Intellectual Property and Privacy Trademarks, Passing Off, Copyright and Breech of Confidence, Australia, New Zealand

Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other Awards

Qualifications

Title Institution Date Awarded Abbreviation
Bachelor of Arts Victoria University of Wellington
Bachelor of Laws Victoria University of Wellington
Master of Laws Brussels
Master of Laws Yale University

Memberships

Membership Type Membership Body Description Start Date End Date
Barrister & Solicitor High Court of New Zealand Barrister & Solicitor 10-Aug-2004

Government Research Classifications

Research Fields, Courses and Discipline Classifications

Socio-Economic Objective Classifications

Grants and Contracts

Research Grants, Contracts and Consultancies awarded to the University of Melbourne as the administering institution (since 2003) as recorded in Themis Agreements.

Grants

Title Role Funding Source Scheme Award Date
Amateur Hour: The Sociolegal Construction of Amateur Media Chief Investigator AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL Discovery Projects 01/01/2008

Publications

Publications produced at the University of Melbourne and reported in the Annual Publications Collection and 'Research Report' since 2001. The Themis Publications module, released in November 2006, allows additional publications from previous institutions and publications from past years to be entered.

Publications in 2009

Books

  • Landmarks in Australian intellectual property law
    Year: 2009
    Publisher: Cambridge University Press(Melbourne)
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  • Larger than life in the Australian cinema: Pacific Dunlop v Hogan
    Year: 2009
    Book: Landmarks in Australian Intellectual Property Law
    Publisher: Cambridge University Press(Melbourne)
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  • Situating intellectual property law: introducing landmark Australian cases
    Year: 2009
    Book: Landmarks in Australian Intellectual Property Law
    Publisher: Cambridge University Press(Melbourne)
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Publications in 2008

Books

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  • Traversing the cultures of trade marks: observations on the anthropological approach of James Leach
    Year: 2008
    Book: Trade Marks and Brands: An Interdisciplinary Critique
    Publisher: Cambridge University Press(New York)
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Journal Articles

  • Music markets and bad actors in copyright and competition law
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Competition and Consumer Law Journal
    Volume: 16
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 203-219
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  • Wood v Duff-Gordon and the modernist cult of personality
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Pace Law Review
    Volume: 28
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 379-393
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Publications in 2007

Journal Articles

  • Book Review: Freedom of Speech
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Media and Arts Law Review
    Volume: 12
    Issue: 4
    Page numbers: 551-552
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  • Candid Camera
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Meanjin
    Volume: 66
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 83-87
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  • Hello!, Nike and Kazaa: Bargaining in the shadow of intellectual property law
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Entertainment Law Review
    Volume: 18
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 56 - 61
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Publications in 2006

Books

  • New Dimensions in Privacy Law: International and Comparative Perspectives
    Year: 2006
    Publisher: Cambridge University Press(Cambridge)
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Book Chapters

  • Celebrity Privacy and Benefits of Simple History
    Year: 2006
    Book: New Dimensions in Privacy Law
    Publisher: Cambridge University Press(New York)
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  • New Dimensions in Privacy: Communications Technologies, Media Practices and Law
    Year: 2006
    Book: New Dimensions in Privacy: International and Comparative Perspectives
    Publisher: Cambridge University Press(Cambridge)
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Journal Articles

  • Book Review: Media Freedom under the Human Rights Act, by H Fenwick and G Phillipson
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Media and Arts Law Review
    Volume: 11
    Issue: 4
    Page numbers: 458-459
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  • Towards and beyond an Australian private international law of cross-border communications disputes
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Media and Arts Law Review
    Volume: 11
    Issue: 4
    Page numbers: 331-340
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Publications in 2005

Books

  • Intellectual property: Cases, materials and commentary
    Year: 2005
    Publisher: LexisNexis Butterworths(Sydney)
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Journal Articles

  • Privacy and precedent: The court of appeals decision in Hosking v Runting
    Year: 2005
    Journal: New Zealand Business Law Quarterly
    Volume: 11
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 82-94
    Publisher: Brookers(Wellington)
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  • Sidestepping Copyright: British Fairy Tale Anthologies of the 19th Century
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Texas Wesleyan Law Review
    Volume: 12
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 81-89
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Publications in 2004

Book Chapters

  • Owning secrets: 'Property' in confidential information?
    Year: 2004
    Book: The law of obligations: Connections and boundaries
    Publisher: UCL Press(London)
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Journal Articles

  • Downloading music off the internet: Copyright and privacy in conflict
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Journal of Law and Information Science
    Volume: 13
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 90-106
    Publisher: University of Tasmania, Law Faculty
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  • Perils of publishing on the internet: Broader implications of Dow Jones v Gutnick
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Griffith Law Review
    Volume: 13
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 74-93
    Publisher: Griffith University Law School(Griffith)
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  • Trade marks and language
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Sydney Law Review
    Volume: 26
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 193-220
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Publications in 2003

Book Chapters

  • Breach of confidence
    Year: 2003
    Book: The principles of equity
    Publisher: LBC Information Services(Sydney)
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Journal Articles

  • The private life after Douglas v. Hello!


    Year: 2003
    Journal: Singapore Journal of Legal Studies
    Volume: 2003
    Page numbers: 311-332
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Publications in 2002

Journal Articles

  • Contracting Beyond Copyright: Some Efficiency Considerations.
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Copyright Reporter: Journal of the Copyright Society of Australia
    Volume: 20
    Issue: 2 & 3
    Page numbers: 64-72
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  • Of Shrink-Wraps, 'Click-Wraps' and Reverse Engineering: Rethinking Trade Secret Protection.
    Year: 2002
    Journal: University of New South Wales Law Journal
    Volume: 25
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 748-767
    Publisher: Star Printery
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  • Policy versus Pragmatism? Some Economics of Conflict of Laws.
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Common Law World Review
    Volume: 31
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 189-203
    Publisher: Vathek Publishing(Sark)
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  • Whither Breach of Confidence: A Right of Privacy For Australia?
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Melbourne University Law Review
    Volume: 26
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 381-395
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Publications in 2001

Book Chapters

  • The Changing Face of Australian Intellectual Property Law: An Economic and Comparative Perspective.
    Year: 2001
    Book: Bridging the Entrepreneurial Financing Gap
    Publisher: Ashgate(Aldershot)
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Journal Articles

  • Shape Trade Marks in Australian Courts.
    Year: 2001
    Journal: Australian Intellectual Property Journal
    Volume: 12
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 5-11
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  • Sui Generis Intellectual Property Law Reform: Issues for Australia
    Year: 2001
    Journal: The Victoria University of Wellington Law Review
    Volume: 32
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 19-46
    Publisher: Victoria University of Wellington
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  • The Haka, Vintage Cheese and Buzzy Bee: Trade Mark Law the New Zealand Way.
    Year: 2001
    Journal: European Intellectual Property Review
    Volume: 23
    Issue: 4
    Page numbers: 207-210
    Publisher: Sweet & Maxwell(London)
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